Smooth-Bore Colts New Service Revolver:
- No worries there about that being able to hit what it aims at ..
- But there are folk who'd reckon that a smooth bore gun couldn't hit the usual 'barn door' at the end of the muzzle .. not true in any way.
Our granddad's granddads would have been fully aware of how a well prepared musket might perform - those large bore muskets were reliably capable out to 100 yards. And that was not greatly helped by the manufacturing quality of that era .. when both the metal parts and the gunpowder propellant might be of "variable" consistency.
Coming into the era of the Wild West shows - both Wild Bill Cody and Annie Oakley are known to have shot specially made smooth-bore revolvers in their exhibitions ..
Special Colts SAA Smooth-Bore 44-40
They shot these guns loaded with bird-shot both for safety of the crowds and no doubt the controlled spread of the pellets helped a little when breaking aerial glass balls.
While shot can be used in rifled barrels - the imparted spin will open-up the shots spread way too far ..
Rifling is said to make a gun "SHOOT STRAIGHTER" - but of course the bullet still drops under gravity ..The spin that aides precision and stabilises a solid projectile doesn't help a shot charge at all .. in fact it will spread it.
- For many centuries smooth-bore was the norm:
When used at "normal" ranges without any optics or sniper aids such as bipods - the lack of any rifling in a precise bore won't particularly handicap an average shooter. - It's a whole different game when seeking hits on a target that is kilometres distant.
Henry Repeating Arms are selling their 15 shot .22" lever-action 'Garden Gun' for close range use around the property:
Link to a TFB story: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/11/20/wheelgun-wednesday-smoothbore-colt-revolvers-of-exhibition-shooters/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm+Blog%29
Marty K.
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